Gold, Just Gold...

This poster is great, not much to it, very simple, but it says a lot. Originally created by Charles Buckles Falls it speaks volumes about the culture of the 'Corps: "JOIN ME" The first to fight on Land and Sea, U.S. Marines.

You can get the full information and some close-ups here.

New image posted

Here is the latest image that I have completed restoring over this past weekend:

"Do Your Duty, Join the U.S. Marines Help Them Defend America on Land and Sea."
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It was originally posted between 1914 and 1918, and I am not sure who the original artist is, if anyone knows, please be sure to let me know so I can attribute the image properly.

The poster shows a Marine artillery crew firing a cannon aboard ship featuring a space at the bottom of the poster for a recruiting station address. Additional images of this can be seen here.

Thanks and stay tuned for more restorations and art to come!

-Jason

3 New Fans!

Holy smokes, there are already 3 fans watching my Imagekind gallery (thank you!), I need to get cracking on getting more of the marine recruiting posters online...

I have one that is almost ready to go with maybe 4-5 hours left to work on it, I should have it done this weekend and ready to post by Monday evening.

Here is a thumbnail, I don't want to link to a big picture until it is finished, I have a tendency to be a bit of a perfectionist.

I like this one a bunch, it's got a cool feel being one-color, the blank box at the bottom is where a recruiting station address would be written in.

Once the big version is posted to my gallery you will be able to get a close look at the old-school ships cannon that the Marines are loading, in this case they are feeding a power charge in after the projectile. Thinking about it, I would be curious to find more information about Marines serving on gunnery crews aboard ship...

-Jason

Site is live!

Hi,
Not a real long post here, but I am excited that the www.LeatherneckArt.com website is finally live. I have posted my first set of images and will be adding many more in the near future.

I have been restoring old Marine Corps recruiting posters in Photoshop for a little while now (just for myself mainly), and with some encouragement from my wife, have set up a web site to offer them to other people that might be interested too. I am pretty excited about this as I also hope some of my own original art as well.

I am using ImageKind for fulfillment; they have really good prices and lots of options for buying art. Check them out if you get a chance. :)

I have noted on the site that if you are affiliated with a charity or service group and are interested in offering any our our prints as part of a fund raiser that benefit Marines or organizations that help Marines both current and former, please contact me about receiving prints at a significantly reduced cost.

Be sure to visit www.LeatherneckArt.com

Here is a little widget that directly links to my Imagekind gallery and let me know if you have any questions, I'd love to hear from you!

-Jason